Navigation officers log, 19 Dec 2154

[Ensign Jake Walker 0]

The trip to Epison Indi would take another half hour, so Jake wanted to get ready for the arrival by looking up some data on this system. He brought up the navigational star charts and accessed the Vulcan database. There were 12 planets in the system with the fourth being class M. As he brought up the data on the planet he remembered how the Vulcan database used to only be raw data, but recently they were showing more detail. Yep, it was class M by definition, but it was not what Jake would call a garden spot. Anything outside of the equatorial zones tended to have wide swings of temperature.

 

Jake also noted a new information tab in the database. He brought up the display and almost fell out of his chair. Mineralogical survey results were now included in the database. He had heard that the Vulcan Science Academy planned on sharing more information with Humans, but he didn't expect to see this much cooperation. Did they REALLY plan on treating Humans as allies? Jake always thought they treated Humans as children. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding. He couldn't debate what he saw.

 

As he scanned the data he found what appeared to be RICH mineral deposits in the northern regions. How could anyone resist setting up a mining colony here. Jake got his answer when he switched to the Climatology section. It appeared that the best deposits were in zones that had WIDE swings in temperature that made long-term stays quite dangerous. There was money to be made here, but the expense didn't seem to be worth it.

 

Oh well, so much for his retirement plan. He studies the reports more so he could know the easiest path for the shuttles. This was going to be tricky. The temperature shifts played havoc with the upper atmosphere. To say this would be bumpy would be an understatement. Wind Surfing in the North Sea would be calmer. But they needed the supplies, so Jake started to plan his flight plan.

 

But first, he popped a motion sickness pill. He would need it. Nothing worse than upchucking on his console, and he didn't want to spend this mission cleaning his lunch out of the console